Needle-mount.



G. A. WILKINS.

NEEDLE MOUNT.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 3o, 1911.

Patented Dec. 30 191.9.

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GEORGE A. WILKINS, F AMSTERDAM, 1l' EW YGEK.

NEEDLE-Mourir.

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Needle- I hich the following is a speci- -'"'Reierence may be had to the accompanying drawing, and the reference characters marked thereon, ,which form apart oit this s eciiication. Similar characters refer to similar' parts in the several figures therein.

rlhis invention relates to means for mounting knitting-needles for use in a knittingmachine, such for example as a c lindrical spring-needle knitting-machine, w erein the needles are mounted in fixed. relation to the cylinder. i

The principal object of the invention is to dispense with the leads in which such needles have heretofore been commonly A mounted.

mount embodying my invention, the mem- Other objects will appear in connection with the following description.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in side elevation, partly in section, of a needlebers of the mount being separated as tor the insertion or removal of a needle.

Fig. 2 is a View in side elevation o' a knitting-needle adapted for use with said mount;

l needl Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the needle-mount with the members closed together, clamping therebetween a knittinge. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of a knitting-machine cylinder and clamp-block with with a surface, 3, adapted to engage the cylinder, 4, of 'a circular knitting-machine,l

and is provided on its inner side with a longitudinal groove, 5, adapted to receive the shank, 6, of a lmitting-needle, and is also provided with an opening, 7, intersecting said groove and adapted to receive the oi'set end, 8, of said needle-shank.

The member, 2, of the needle-mount is adapted toA be swung open as shown in Fig.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, twin.

Application led; Novemberlo, 1917. Serial No. 204mm.

1, to permit the insertion and removalof needles; and to .be swung closed as shown in Fig. 3, to clamp the shank of the needle in said groove 5.

Said needle-mount referably corres onds in external form an dimensions wit the ordinary lead in which spring-needles are commonly mounted', whereby it is adapted to be vused in association with or in place of said leads in making up a needle-cylinder.

'lhe member, 2,thus has a surface, 9, adapted to be engaged by a clamp-block, 1U, removably secured to the cylinder by means of a screw-bolt, 11.`

My improved needle-mount is thus adapted to be clamped between the needle-cylin-y der and the clamp-block, 10, as shown in' Fig. 4, in the same manner that the ordinary needle-lead is so clamped; andwlien my improved needle-block is Aso clamped upon the cylinder of the machine, the clampb1ock','10, serves to securely hold the members, 1 and 2, together, clamped upon the shank of the needle which is inclosed between them.

To make repair oi a broken needle, all that is necessary is to unscrew the screwbolt, 11, remove the clamp-block, 10, and swing open the member, 2, of the needlemount which supports the broken needle, replacing the same with a new needle, after. which the member, 2, is swung to a closed position, the clamp-block, 10, re laced-and the screw-bolt, 1l, screwed up tig t.

While ll have referred to the part 4, as the cylinder, and the part 10, as a clampblock, it will be understood that said parts ma be any parts similar to those between which lead-'mounts for knitting-needles are ordinarily clamped in aknitting-inachine.

l have shown the members, 1 and 2, hin together, but for certain purposes of the invention they maybe made relatively movable in any blown manner.

The members of the needle-mount may be made of any desired material, but 1 prefer to employ lsteel or other metal as the mount S0 constructed will be of a permanent `nature and not easily broken or worn, and thus will form a most substantial support for the needles.

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While l have described my invention as applied to cylindrical knitting machines, it will be understood that the form oi the member of the machine. upon which the are needles are carried is immaterial, and thaty by Letters Patent is- 4 The combination with the cylinder of a knitting machine; a clamp-block; and a screw-connection between said clamp-block and said cylinder, said cylinder and clampblock being adapted to clamp therebetween ordinary needle-supporting leads; of a needle-mount interchangeable with` said leads interposed between said cylinder and Legame said clamp-block, said needle-mount comprising hinge-connected members, one having a cylinder-engaging-snrface and the other a clamp-block engaging surface cor responding to the similar surfaces on the needle-supporting lead; and a knittin needle removably clamped between said hinge-connected' members.

- 1n testimony whereof, I have hereuntoy set my hand this 23rd day of November, 1917. n

AGEORGE A. WILKINS. A 

